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This Eastern Port is Beating Out the West

ATLANTA—“For the first time in many years we have a number of speculative projects under construction to meet demand.”

Savannah was already the fifth-largest seaport according to volume in 2014. But the growth has continued. Savannah was already the fifth-largest seaport according to volume in 2014. But the growth has continued.

ATLANTA—More seaborne-cargo delivers are shifting to the eastern seaboard. According to CBRE Group’s second annual North American Seaports and Logistics study, that’s resulting in East and Gulf Cost seaports making gains against competing ports on the West Coast—and Savannah is among the winners.

Savannah was already the fifth-largest seaport according to volume in 2014. Since then, a short-term push has driven Savannah’s port infrastructure score upward to hit second place in North America.

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